Tyler Boyd

[casear2727]

(02-15-2022, 03:00 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: No, we really do not.

The new $10b/yr broadcasting deal kicks in starting 2023. 

The cap in 2023 is projected to be $225m.
The cap in 2024 is projected to be $256m.

That means when Chase is first eligible for an extension (not even FA) the cap will have risen $48m from where it will be at for 2022.

Also, why the hell worry about what's going to happen 3 years from now if players MAY need extensions? They were just in the Super Bowl and lost. Worry about getting back now. That's exactly what tanked the Bengals from 2011-2015. They were so worried about saving for potential extensions 2-3 years from then for Jermaine Gresham, Marvin Jones, Mohamed Sanu, Tyler Eifert, Michael Johnson, Jeremy Hill, Darqueze Dennard, Russell Bodine, etc... and none of them ever happened because you don't know what your team will look like in 3 years from now. So worry about winning NOW, and frontloading is the exact opposite of worrying about winning now.

I know you've decided to die on this hill about Tyler Boyd for whatever reason, but I will reiterate... there's zero financial need to move on from Tyler Boyd. 


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Also, you keep mentioning "4 catches per game" but Tyler Boyd had...
- 1 less than rookie Pro Bowl 4th overall pick Kyle Pitts
- The same amount of receptions as Pro Bowl/2nd Team AP Adam Theinlen
- 3 more than 10th overall pick Heisman winner DeVonta Smith
- 4 more than Pro Bowl AJ Brown

Only 18 players averaged at least 5 catches per game in 2021.

We havent had 2 guys be at the top of their position salary wise at the same time is my concern.

Pitts is a TE on a rookie salary
Dvontae Smith on a rookie salary
AJ Brown is the #1 option
Vikings drafted Darrisaw and Davis this season and are ranked much higher that the Bengals

You act as if I dont like Boyd or think he isnt talented, not the case. I simply do not want to overpay on any position while we have a junior college oline.  

I do believe this cap space will diminish quicker than most think and I do fear many of us will be underwhelmed in FA.  I hope I am totally wrong.